October 2009 photo contest: Celebrations of Fall

Editor's note: We've extended the deadline for submissions to the October photo contest until Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at midnight.

Ahhh, Fall in New Orleans. We’ve finally emerged from the smoldering summer heat, and hurricane season is nearly over.

Dinah Rogers / The Times-PicayuneHalloween Parades

While other parts of the country are winding down to get ready for winter, Fall in New Orleans is a time of renewal.

For October’s photo contest on NOLA.com, we want to know how you celebrate this season in the Big Easy. The cooler weather is beckoning residents to come outside, as seen with the sheer number of festivals happening this month.

Football games are in full swing at local high schools, colleges and universities. Capture your tailgating fun and homecoming highlights and share them with the NOLA community. Feel free to upload your best “I can’t believe I wore that” homecoming photos from the past, too.

Our city is “spooky” all year, so feel free to send your favorite pictures of the architect and scenery that makes New Orleans so magical and mysterious.

Photo editors at the Times-Picayune will select the top 10 submissions. You will then vote on the winner.The top 10 photographers will receive an 8" x 10" glossy print of their image, with the best photo being printed and framed at 16" x 20". Bennett's will also award the best quarterly photo with an Olympus shock/water proof camera.

Submit your contest photos here, and feel free to upload all your Saints photos and more to the user photo galleries on our site.